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Something’s happening to Gen X communications people

A dear friend, copy editor for USA Today and AARP was let go and returned home to El Paso. We’re four days apart in age. Another compadre, and editor-in-chief of a Texas newspaper and his wife, also a writer and dear friend, are contemplating moving back to EP. One of my oldest friends here in El Paso is looking for a change. I’m uncertain of what my next move is, too. What I can tell you is that Gen X was the generation that had the promise of communications and journalism ripped out from under them scant years after their college graduation. We were not a generation to get masters degrees. We were in the trenches creating some of the most groundbreaking journalism and advertising work ever.

Where my real creatives at?

Man, I miss creativity in the workplace. Been a while since I’ve felt it.

Help

Is anyone there? Does anyone care?

Tears

https://youtu.be/SLSbb7_8f3s?si=ccf9LrGB8yBAJF_X

Is anyone alive?

I used to believe in the goodness of people. Today, I’m not so sure.

Humanity

Heart and humanity matters. I will always remember that.

John Downey

My longtime friend, John, was a good man. A sweet soul with a tough exterior, but a caring heart that seems to be lost to many today. I miss you, John.